Australia, Aug. 16 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 16:
1. By proceedings commenced today in the Duty List, the plaintiff, Qantas Airways Limited, moves the Court to commence proceedings including for urgent interlocutory relief against persons unknown (the defendants). In the age of hackers and challenges to cybersecurity, the Court has become well familiar with this type of matter. There is no doubt that since the decision of Slattery J in HWL Ebsworth Lawyers v Persons Unknown (2024) 113 NSWLR 418; [2024] NSWSC 71 proceedings can be brought in this form.
2. There has already been considerable media attention directed to the fact that Qantas has been the subject of a cybersecur...